Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appeal had become devoid of purpose after the parties settled the case and the appellant withdrew the appeal.
Decisão extraída
The settlement, as recorded by the instructing judge, rendered the appeal moot; the court therefore noted the absence of object and struck the case from the roll.
Fundamentação extraída
Once the parties had entered into a settlement acknowledged by the lower court judge, there was no longer any live dispute for the appellate court to decide.